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Focusing on what I was feeling and not what I was thinking

“I enjoyed working with Michelle and always looked forward to our sessions. I found her to be extremely intelligent and insightful and all this with humour and lightness. Michelle has the gift of shedding new light on different patterns and behaviors, she helped me see some of my actions from a new perspective. Apart from being an amazing interlocutor, Michelle taught me to relate to my body differently and to return it again and again, focusing on what I was feeling and not what I was thinking. Michelle also helped me deal with living in Zurich and handling Swiss culture as a foreigner. I feel lucky to have found Michelle and to have learnt from her”. David 

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To Set Boundaries

“Meeting and working with Michelle was a positive experience. She exudes warmth and calmness, and carries a sense of knowingness about why you are there. The way she made me aware when I hold my breath, and how to release, stays with me on a daily basis.
We talked about past and present relationships and this helped me to learn how to overcome what I cannot change. It also helped me to set boundaries even when that boundary relates to a close person. Michelle is a coach that lets you be exactly who you need to be in a session with absolutely no judgment. Thank you Michelle ❤️”. Heidi

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Work Completely Practical

“In our first session Michelle said “I’m going to be a pain in the a**e for you”.
Which turned out true, but in the most empathic and beneficial way imaginable. I immediately got the feeling that she really cares and there wasn’t one drop of judgement going on. I was suffering from a kind of general anxiety and had the vague feeling that it was trying to tell me something, but I couldn’t understand the message.
Michelle helped me get in touch with that message. It turned out I had quite a lot of unfinished business that I managed to work through in the end. Now, I’m much more in touch with my body and my feelings, which has lead to massive improvements in many areas of my life.
I was afraid the Grinberg Method might be on the esoteric side but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Michelle’s work is completely practical. With her, I made more progress in the first few sessions than I made after over a year of talk therapy. I can wholeheartedly recommend Michelle for her kindness, empathy, and professionality that never comes across as cold or a facade. And that’s not to mention her sense of humour”.  David

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Use the Body as a Compass

“I saw Michelle every two to three weeks for almost a year and it helped me to refocus and rebalance deeply.
After months of anxiety and stress from my work and my relationship, Michelle helped me reconnect with my body, learn to listen to its messages and use it as a compass. I learned to take advantage of the learning that moments of doubt and questioning can offer. With practical exercises, Michelle helped me to focus on the sources of my problems and not their consequences. Her humour and gentle yet strong character made me feel comfortable and confident. I can definitely recommend her 🙂 “. Marion

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Mobilising the body

In my articles, I’am often talking about mobilising the body to enter more in contact and be more aware of your body. How to do this? For example with this easy exercise that combines breathing and movements.
It can be practiced almost everywhere, sitting or standing, and, because it makes us move the torso – in coordination with breathing – it is very affective in helping us stopping automatic patterns (*).     [Read more]

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The act of avoiding

In the last article, we talked about four negative scenarios that can occupy our attention and bring us to avoid a situation; so doing we reduce our ability to feel our body.

Someone asked me what to do, to overcome this kind of patterns. More practically, how to train in order to be able to face what is frighting, uncomfortable, unknown instead of automatically avoid such situation.

Actually, there are no general recipes: we are all different and different is our personal story. That said, I think that the first step is to recognise what kind of situation you “normally”, automatically avoid.     [Read more]